Waqas writes: Due to a security flaw, researcher Austin Epperson took control of a page of Uber’s website and displayed the ad of its arch-rival Lyft. Security researcher Austin Epperson proved that Uber’s website was exploitable by hacking one of its micro-site. However, Epperson didn’t steal personal data nor did he spread any malware but to…
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Hyundai customer information leak
Hyundai customer information seems to have been hacked and leaked by TurkHackTeam.org. The data fields include userid, name, telephone number, email address, and other details for what appears to be hundreds of the firm’s Brazilian customers. The data from what appears to be over 350 customers were dumped in two pastes on Pastebin last week….
iiNet alert over security breach
Grace Millimaci reports: Perth internet provider iiNet is investigating a possible security breach after details were posted on social media about the sale of the database of a major internet service provider. Cyber War News posted an image on Twitter yesterday detailing claims of the sale or trade of an extensive amount of westnet.com.au’s database,…
In: OlaCabs hacked, credit card info accessed; company denies data breach
Shruti Dhapola reports: A hacker group by the name Team Unknown has claimed that they successfully hacked into OlaCabs and managed to get access to sensitive information like credit-card history, vouchers, user behaviour. Ola has denied these claims. According to the post, which was shared on Reddit, the hackers put out snapshots which showcased credit cards…
UK: Laptop with MoD Donnington employee details stolen
Shropshire Star reports a laptop with personal details – including bank account details – of employees at the Ministry of Defense Donnington base was stolen from the car of an employee of Kuehne and Nagel on Tuesday. “We Kuehne and Nagel confirm that the company laptop of an employee went missing, presumed stolen, on June…
Eataly payment card breach spanned 3 months; NYC customers offered credit monitoring services
Eataly, the high-end Italian food market that announced a payment system breach provided additional details in an update: Eataly NY, LLC (“Eataly”) recently became aware of a personal information security incident possibly affecting certain individuals who made a payment card purchase at the Eataly NYC Retail Marketplace, located at 200 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (the “NYC…